30.

Name: The Diary of an Old Soul - 30.
Author: George MacDonald

But why should it be possible to mistrust—
Nor possible only, but its opposite hard?
Why should not man believe because he must—
By sight’s compulsion? Why should he be scarred
With conflict? worn with doubting fine and long?—
No man is fit for heaven’s musician throng
Who has not tuned an instrument all shook and jarred.

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Chicago: George MacDonald, "30.," The Diary of an Old Soul, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in The Diary of an Old Soul (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed July 14, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQE11QVANFJ7XG3.

MLA: MacDonald, George. "30." The Diary of an Old Soul, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in The Diary of an Old Soul, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 14 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQE11QVANFJ7XG3.

Harvard: MacDonald, G, '30.' in The Diary of an Old Soul, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, The Diary of an Old Soul, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 14 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQE11QVANFJ7XG3.